Scenes from I-85

I decided to try a little experiment this morning. I took my Nikon S1 and mounted it on a mini-tripod. I then set the camera to "interval" mode so it would take a picture every thirty seconds, ensuring hands-free operation. I made sure the flash was off, then set the camera on the dashboard of my car as I drove to work early this morning.

I was aiming for some interesting blur shots, and I certainly got them. In this first shot I was just depressing the shutter release and placing the camera…

As things settled down, I got some better shots…

I particularly like these next two. The first was as I was going under the highway signs near the airport. The blur and the colors are quite dramatic. In the second shot, a truck with panel lights was going over the overpass.

In these last shots, you see that the sky is getting bluer as the sun rises. I found this odd since it was overcast and rainy, but apparently that’s the way my camera interpreted the light. In the first shot, I was at the top of the exit ramp at Highway 290 (greenlight). As I took the left turn, the camera slid to the other side of the dashboard and wedged against the window. Hence the tilting.